Westministenders: The Election Car Crash

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I was thinking about how I could sum up the general election campaign and well. This said it all.

Paul Brand‏*@PaulBrandITV*
I cannot get over Labour calling Stockton South. James Wharton increased his majority to 5,000 last time. Unbelievable. #GE2017
Robert Peston‏*@Peston*

This would be a catastrophe for @theresa_may and the Tories. Would suggest result even worse for Tories than exit poll

YouGov 302. Exit Poll 314.

Ooo YouGov have got Carlisle wrong. Its a Con hold.

Managed a hours sleep. Wha have I missed? Turnout in Gower 73.4. Wow.

The Bugle‏ @hellobuglers
BREAKING: George Osborne elected MP for Schadenfreude Central.

You can almost see George Osbourne is licking his lips can't you?

Dh is chuntering on about the SNP campaign having been wrong. He says they should have said more strongly that if we want to have a voice - and that includes a 2nd referendum - then we can't assume that Labour will do that and that you need to vote SNP. he says it a wee bit more forcefully than that He thinks the SNP should have taken it to the Tories and Labour and LibDems - and said explicitly if you want it to be about the 2nd Indyref, then let's make it about the 2nd Indyref.

I'm not sure I agree with him - but I see where he is coming from. I think poor turnout due to the shitty weather has been a factor. In the last that used to hit complacent Labour voters - but those complacent voters are now SNP

I hope I'm not too late to join in. I tried to get some sleep but have been lying awake in bed for the last hour.

Suggestions that Nick Clegg might have lost his seat.

Carlisle was 'lean labour' in the noise

Snp - when you're at the top there's only one place to go. It's just a correction, and very healthy for Scottish democracy to have some pluralism.

The Cons SHOULD still be the largest party.

If the CONS can not get a majority, its CONs plus DUP (Don't think about that. Its not nice). If they can't get that, then we go to scenario 2.

Labour extremely unlikely to get a majority government. It would have to be a Labour / SNP coalition. And possibly a minority government at that.

LDs therefore become important. Have said tonight they WILL NOT enter a coalition. Therefore, vote by vote. Lots of compromising going on, and lots of power for the few LDs there are.

If LDs decide to play tough in that situation - collapse of government.

Don't forget the Brexit clock is ticking....

I've just seen a turnout of over 74%

(NI) DUP hold Strangford, unsurprisingly.

Jim Waterson‏Verified account @jimwaterson

Jim Waterson Retweeted Hannah Al-Othman 🐝
Bury North, a pro-Brexit northern constituency held by Tories in 2010 and 2015, looks to have gone Labour, says BuzzFeed's @HannahAlOthman.

I bet George Osborne is regretting resigning from Tatton now.

Can we honestly see Brexit happening now?

Clywd 3.4% swing to Lab.

Come on!!!!

Yessssss

I was thinking that lala

Labour clearly picking up UKIP votes ...this is so weird for any Brexit analysis.

Of course Labour might not want the poison chalice. They might let the Tories get on with it as a minority.

I think I might do that if I were them...

How strange the tory posters seem quiet currently

Dh is also chuntering in about how Scotland is descending into sectarian politics. I hope he is wrong

Brexit is looking rather squishy.
I wouldn't say its off. But its squishy.

As the tories do the demolition job on themselves.

We'll need a new thread very soon.....

I would say that the Trumpian Alliance is DEFINITELY off.